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Facility Seeks Best Lost Circulation Material

Ground nut shells, cotton seed hulls,
automobile battery casings, and volcanic
glass would seem to have little in common.
But each one could be used as a “lost cir¬
culation material” (LCM) and be ground up
and pumped down a borehole to prevent los¬
ing the circulation of vital drilling fluid —
“mud” colloquially — that cleans the hole,
and lubricates and cools the bit during a
drilling operation.

These materials are common and cheap.
But still, they do cost money. Before pump¬
ing money down a borehole it would be nice
to know that using a particular LCM will
pay off in more efficient drilling.

“Choosing an effective lost circulation
material is generally hit-or-miss,” says
James Kelsey, supervisor of Geothermal
Technology Development Division 6241.
“There have been no major advancements
in LCM science for many years.”

Information from experiments at the
Division’s unique Lost Circulation Test
Facility is now being correlated with highly
accurate pictures of the interior surface of
boreholes thousands of feet underground.
These borehole logs are made by a high-
temperature well-logging tool also de¬
veloped in the division (see related story).

“Once we know what it looks like down¬
hole, we can simulate the conditions in the
lab, test for the best LCM for that kind of
fracture and flow, and model it on the com¬
puter,” says Glen Loeppke (6241), who de¬
signed the Lost Circulation Test Facility.
“Eventually we will develop an ‘expert
system’ of computer codes capable of pre¬
dicting the best LCM for any situation.”

A drilling operation won’t work efficient¬
ly — and may even be jeopardized — with¬
out enough mud circulating through the
system. Mud emerges from nozzles in the
drillbit and flows up the wellbore annulus
through the geologic formation outside of
the drill stem.

"In oil and gas drilling, engineers can
monitor circulation as they drill to ensure
that mud comes out of the hole at the same
rate it goes down,” says James. “But geo¬
thermal operations drill into formations
with huge cracks and gaps. Suddenly
there’ll be no return mud.”

That’s lost circulation, and it causes
many problems.

“The first problem is that mud itself is
expensive,” James notes. “Mud also helps
stabilize the borehole, so the major problem
is that severe lost circulation can cause the
formation to slough in on the drill string,
and the bit gets stuck. You can’t drill
through a steel drillbit, and it’s extremely
costly to fish one out of the hole.”

Lost circulation and problems stemming
from it can increase the cost of drilling and
completing geothermal wells by more than
15 percent. Completing a typical geo¬
thermal well costs $2,000,000, making lost
circulation the most serious well-
development problem facing the geo¬
thermal industry. That’s why the division is
interested in lost circulation materials.

Most conventional remedies for lost cir¬
culation were developed in the oil and gas
industry more than 50 years ago. Drillers
didn’t know what lost circulation zones

HOLDING A “SIMULATED FRACTURE," Glen Loeppke stands beside the quantitative test vessel (see ar¬
tist’s rendering) inside Geothermal Technology Division 6241 's Lost Circulation Test Facility. Looking on are
James Kelsey (left), supervisor of the Division, and John Gabaldon, a technician at the facility. Loeppke de¬
signed both the test vessel and the facility to evaluate the effectiveness of materials used to plug fractures
and stop lost circulation of drilling mud in geothermal wellbores.

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looked like downhole, so they simply poured
in whatever waste materials were readily
available. Pecan shells were fine for south¬
west Texas, wheat straw for Kansas. There
was very little science involved. LCMs were
recommended and used like folk medicines
— because a buddy said a particular
material had worked.

In routine oil and gas drilling, as much
as a ton of ground up nut shells — selling for
$28 per 50-pound bag — might be added to
the drilling mud. The LCM plugs up cracks
in the formation through which mud would
otherwise escape. But much of today’s oil
and gas drilling is no longer routine, involv¬
ing very deep wells or off-shore drilling
where downhole temperatures may exceed
250°F. Most conventional LCMs won’t work
at such temperatures.

Even harsher conditions are common in
geothermal operations, which routinely
drill into extremely hot (400°F or more), ex¬
tremely fractured (some gaps are as big as
a fist) geologic formations. Organic,
cellulose-based LCMs distintegrate com¬
pletely when used in geothermal drilling.

The Lost Circulation Test Facility was
built at the suggestion of an industry review
of Sandia’s geothermal R&D programs to

investigate the problem of finding LCMs
tough enough for geothermal drilling. The
facility has two test systems — one qualita¬
tive and the other quantitative.

“We built the qualitative system first,”
says Glen. “It simulates downhole condi¬
tions primarily for demonstration purposes.
It showed us what goes on down there, but it
was not accurate or practical enough for
sustained testing.”

The qualitative system consists of a
vessel three feet tall and 20 inches in dia¬
meter that holds rock and soil packed in an
aggregate to simulate the permeable core
of a lost circulation zone. Mud mixed with
LCM flows into the vessel through a pipe
and returns up a channel in the permeable
core. It can take up to half a day to break
down the system and set it up again for a
new test with different permeable core
conditions.

The newer quantitative system produces
data more easily adapted to existing API
(American Petroleum Institute) standards
and has a turnaround time of only 15
minutes between tests.

“API bench tests of LCMs have been
done for 20 years or more,” says Glen.

Continued on Page Four)

Supervisory

Appointment

Antojitos

New York, New York — So great they named it twice, say the T-shirts.
Or could it be that the denizens couldn't remember any title more
complicated? Whatever, it a fascinating place to visit. Having
just returned from a week there, I'm obviously eminently qualified to
make snap judgments about the Other World known as Manhattan Island.
The strongest such comes from a most frustrating attempt to drive
from the Lincoln Tunnel to Rockefeller Center. That means, to the
Manhattan-wise, crosstown, dreaded crosstown. It seems that what the
city planners did was to create beautiful, wide, relatively
uncongested streets running uptown and down — but never across. The
cross streets would be, in most other towns, alleys. That's where
the deliveries are made, so the trucks doublepark with abandon (or
maybe they are abandoned). Cross streets are where the construction
equipment and supplies live. Cross streets are where the garbage
sacks get piled. Cross streets are where the weirdos wander. It's
even difficult to walk on the cross streets. Driving on them takes
the patience, the time, and the constant alertness to any weakness in
your opposition of, say, chess. Apparently, it's the cross streets,
paradoxically, that keep the folks on the East Side from being
contaminated by the folks on the West Side — and vice versa.

The second snap judgment is that the cabdrivers descend on any
destination with all the savoir faire of sharks during a feeding
frenzy — survival of the quickest.

The third is that New Yorkers may not be the most overtly
affectionate people in the country, but they're certainly not the
surly sidewinders they're sometimes made out to be. Cabbies, waiters
and waitresses, store clerks — they were unfailingly helpful to, and
relatively patient with, us boondockers from beyond the Hudson.
Trusting too — at least our temporary landlady at the bed &
breakfast place was; she gave us the keys to her flat, then left it
all to us (cats and kitchen included) while she left for a weekend in
Connecticut. *BH

* * *

Murphy on Airliners ; As soon as the flight service attendant serves
the coffee, the plane encounters turbulence.

Hawkinson's Corollary: Serving coffee on aircraft causes turbulence.

feriKKback

Q. I think Sandia should give a Sandia
belt buckle (the ones available now through
the LAB NEWS) to each new employee. It
would be a nice way of saying “welcome to
the company. ” And it would be especially
appropriate for employees hired directly in¬
to programs in which they leave for school

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which does not have such a practice. The
purpose of Sandia’s awards program is to
reward employees for services after fixed
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Q. Won’t omitting organization numbers
from SAND reports (Weekly Bulletin,
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have difficulty in knowing which organiza¬
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AL JONES to super-
visor of Component

Research Division 8441,

effective April 1.

He joined Sandia
• -wW Livermore in 1970, first
ji working in the Experi-
mental Mechanics
I / Division on fracture of

Mechanics Division and then headed the
Phase I and Phase II Studies Division. A1
then left to become an associate professor
of mechanical engineering at UC Davis in
1982, returning to Sandia in 1984 to be a part
of the Engineering Division I, now known as
the Component Research Division.

His educational background includes a
BS and MS in mechanical engineering from
the University of Nevada and a PhD in the
same field from UC Davis.

Al’s hobbies include backpacking, moun¬
taineering, and skiing. He’s a member of
the American Society for Mechanical
Engineers. He and his wife Lolly reside in
Livermore and have two children, a son in
junior high school and a daughter at UC
Davis.

LATEST RETIREES at Sandia Livermore are from
left, Bob Marmon (8235) and Phil Sites (8243).

Congratulations

Anne and Tom Felter (8343), a son,
Gregory, May 4.

Clara and Wen Hsu (8347), a son,
Lawrence, May 18.

Norm and Cheryl Jenson (8470) adopted
a boy, Stephen Patrick, May 2.

Dave Nagel (8272) and Regina Rice,
married in Pleasanton, April 28.

Ken Lee (8271) and Sandra Molina, mar¬
ried in Stockton, April 20.

Sympathy

To Dennis Sparger (8362) on the death of
his father Dennis Sr., a retired Sandian, in
Tracy, May 21.

To Wayne Chrisman (8347) on the death
of his sister in Kansas, April 24.

To Jim Gruver (8272) on the death of his
brother in Watsonville, May 4.

To John Hachman (8313) and Jim Hach-
man (8274) on the death of their mother in
Stockton, April 30.

H.M. Willis-3100

SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES

JUNE 7, 1985

^Ipine Meadows Ski Area
^ Lake Tahoe California

SKI CHALLENGERS -
Sandia Livermore fielded
two teams this year for the
annual Corporate Cup Ski
Challenge at Alpine
Meadows. Lake Tahoe.
Sandia's Nordic team cap¬
tured a fifth place out of 10
competing, and the Alpine
team placed 45th out of
150 teams. There were
900 participants from 150
major companies through¬
out the state. Sandians
from both teams shown in a
pyramid are (bottom from
left) John Lippold (8312),
Kevin Schroder (8432),
Joe Vieira (8445) and
Howard Royer (8254);
second row, Rick Stulen
(8343), Danny Bernacil
(8265), and Steve Robin¬
son (8314). Top row, Mary
Juhas (John's wife), Holly
Stryker (8264), and Mary
Clare Stoddard (8471).

EMERGENCY TEAM MEMBERS at Sandia Liver¬
more took part in a first aid training class recently,
taught by nurses from Medical. Shown practicing
head bandaging on a stoic (for a change) Andy
Cardiel (8184) is Peg Bon Durant (also 8184). In
lower photo, stretcher bearers Leon Seibel
(8445) at left, and Jim Mitchell (8183) transport
"victim" Roger Watson (8443) in a makeshift
pole-and-blanket stretcher.

ENGINEERING STUDENTS from the Oregon In¬
stitute of Technology and their faculty adviser
visited Sandia Livermore April 18, touring the
electronics packaging lab, hybrid lab, telemetry
and Gerber labs, combustion vessel lab, spon¬
taneous Raman lab, coal science lab, and facility
lasers. Here, Fernando Uribe (8176) explains the
operation of the YAG laser used to trim thick film
resistors in the microelectronics lab. Rex Eastin
(8176) and Bill James (8022) coordinated the
briefings and tour for the 18 OIT students and
faculty members._

MEDIEVAL WORD PROCESSING

TAKING PART in a valleywide employee recognition luncheon recently. Dick Claassen (8000) awarded cer¬
tificates of appreciation to two employees who have outstanding records of volunteer service to their com¬
munity. Bob Crow (8026), at left, was recognized for seven years of service on the Interfaith Housing board,
the last five years as treasurer. Scott Anderson (8153), at right, was appointed three years ago to the Liver¬
more Social Concerns Committee and spent the past two years as the group's chairman, ail on his own time
as a volunteer. These two Sandians represent many others who give their own time to better the communi¬
ties in which they live," noted Dick. The presentation made at Round Hill Country Club, included some 20
corporations and valley businesses. Guest speaker was Maior Ken Cameron, NASA candidate for the space

Many early chronicles — particularly
before AD 1000 — are remarkably brief,
probably because writing materials were
in short supply. At first paper (if available
at all' had to be imported from the Arab lands Roth
paper and its usual substitute, vellum, were so expen

event was sponsored by the valley Community Volunteer Council

Continued from Page One

New Facility Seeks LCMs

“Mud and LCM is forced down a steel
cylinder and through various-sized slots to
see how reliably and under what pressures
the LCM will block off the slot. These tests
have produced scattered data, and lab re¬
sults have not always predicted field re¬
sults.”

In the quantitative system (see illustra¬
tion), mud and LCM circulate through a
vessel 10 feet tall and 8 inches in diameter
at rates of up to 200 feet per minute under
pressures up to 1000 psi and at tempera¬
tures up to 400° F.

“The mixture circulates past an API slot
at a right angle to the opening, simulating
more closely than the bench test does the
actual flow of mud and LCM past fractures
in a wellbore,” says Glen. “We can change
API slots in 15 minutes, and with a compu¬
ter collecting data and controlling pres¬
sures, temperatures, and flow rates, our
results really look good — very tight, very
accurate.”

So far, half a dozen of the many com¬
mon, commercially available LCMs have
been tested in the facility. Only one appears
to be suitable for geothermal drilling —
ground up battery casings. But more tests
are planned.

“The battery casing material is good to
about 500°F,” says Glen. “During the next
year we will begin testing other candidate
materials, for instance, high-temperature
plastics that have been salvaged after their
original use.”

Rick Givler of Fluid Mechanics and Heat
Transfer Division I 1511 has been assisting
on the project, working on the computer
model; and Billy Caskey, leader of the
Borehole Mechanics project in the Geother¬
mal Technology Development Division, has
begun coordinating efforts with Ray Har-
rigan of Intelligent Machine Systems Divi¬
sion 6228 to put together the master “expert
system.”

“Information we are gathering should
help solve some of the problems caused by
lost circulation in geothermal drilling,”
says James. “The oil and gas industry
stands to benefit from this research also,
especially as conventional production re¬
quires drilling deeper and hotter wells.”

Next time your car battery is dead, take
comfort irrthe thought that its casing might
some day be ground up and pumped down a
borehole in hopes that its particles will be
lost in the oblivion of a very hot, very frac¬
tured geothermal formation.

Not only is that a fitting fate for a dead
battery, but the increased drilling efficien¬
cy may help hasten the day when geother¬
mal energy will be a practical energy
source for generating the heat to warm your
house and your garage. Your replacement
battery might last just a bit longer.

QUANTITATIVE TEST VESSEL — Drilling mud
with lost circulation material in solution enters the
vessel at the bottom left and circulates through
the simulated wellbore in center, exiting through
the pipe at the top of the drawing. Cutaway shows
test slots simulating wellbore fractures.

Looking Around 10,000 Feet Down

If a driller could just see a lost circula- mm ^ jwmm
tion zone 8000 feet downhole, deciding ^^B x A v -

how to restore the circulation would be .j r

easier. But people don’t fit in boreholes, | »'•' ~/'|

and conventional well-logging tools won’t ^^B . »:•

work at the high temperatures and pres- ^ '

sures that are commonplace in geother- ^^B » if ^

mal drilling. Without accurate well logs, * - B^H \ ^

the locations of lost circulation zones can ^^B ? -

only be approximated, and the nature of ^^B * . / -

problem formations can only be guessed ^^B

So one of the first steps in researching
causes of lost circulation in geothermal
drilling (see “New Facility”) was to de¬
velop a means to look at the lost circula¬
tion zone itself.

A tool (designed by Mobil Research
and Development Corporation) used by
conventional oil and gas well loggers
works — but only on holes that are no hot¬
ter than 250°F. Tom Bauman and Fred
Heard, working in Geothermal Technol¬
ogy Development Division 6241, upgrad¬
ed the materials and the electronic com¬
ponents used in the Mobil design and de¬
veloped a high-temperature, high-pres¬
sure model.

Called an acoustic borehole teleview¬
er, it sends back to the surface enough
data to make a high-resolution picture of
the full circumference of the wellbore
wall at the bottom of a typical geother¬
mal well, which might be as much as 8000
to 10,000 feet down, where temperatures
reach 550 to 600°F and the pressure is 5000
psi.

The televiewer consists of an acoustic
transducer inside a steel cylinder. The
cylinder is lowered down the borehole
and then pulled back up. On the way up,
the transducer rotates inside the cylinder
and emits bursts of ultra-high frequency
sound through a teflon window. The
sound hits the borehole wall and is reflec¬
ted back through the window.

A well-logging truck on the surface re¬
cords the amplitude of the reflected
acoustic energy and the time it takes re¬
flections to return to the transducer. This
information yields a black-and-white im¬
age of the wellbore surface.

LOST CIRCULATION ZONE - A fracture diago¬
nally bisecting the circumference of a geothermal
borehole at a depth of about 3200 feet is indi¬
cated by the dark, sine-wave shaped line in the
center of the picture on left. The same fracture is
computer enhanced to show greater relief in the
picture on right. Such views, developed by the
acoustic borehole televiewer, will help Sandians in
Geothermal Technology Development Division
6241 determine the best lost circulation material
to plug borehole fractures and prevent the loss of
drilling mud, which is vital in geothermal drilling
operations.

Light areas in the image represent
smooth, highly reflective surfaces; dark
areas represent high-porosity, fractured
surfaces — the lost circulation zone.
Dark-on-light contrast is great enough to
depict individual fractures, pinpointing
the cause of lost circulation (see photo).

Knowing what the formations that
cause lost circulation look like ensures
that experiments at Sandia’s Lost Cir¬
culation Testing Facility accurately mod¬
el field conditions. The data obtained at
the Facility should translate into effec¬
tive, predictable solutions to the prob¬
lems caused by lost circulation.

Alberto Torres, a
security inspector in
Security Operations II
3436 and president of
Local 27 of the Inter¬
national Guards Union
of America, died sud¬
denly May 25. He was
51.

He had worked at the
Labs since January
1981.

Survivors include his
wife, a son, and three
daughters.

Chris Dalton, super¬
visor of Advanced
Systems Development
Division I 5341, died
after a brief illness May
23. He was 52.

He had worked at the
Labs since November
1956.

Survivors include his
wife, two daughters,
and a son.

Grand Opening Next Week

Cafeteria E-x-p-a-n-d-s

If you haven’t been to the Sandia
Cafeteria lately, you’re in for a pleasant
surprise. After four years of planning and
about a year of construction, the newly ex¬
panded, renovated, and remodeled “861
Cafe” will open next Monday.

Dave Dumais, ARA food director, is ex¬
cited about the changes: “With sometimes
as many as 900 people eating here — many
of them coming between 11:45 to 12:15 —
and only 315 seats, people were almost
fighting for tables. Not a relaxing way to
spend your lunch time. With the expansion,
as many as 485 people can be seated at
once.”

“New buildings, such as 891,822. and 823,
have been constructed to the south, so more
employees are eating in the Sandia
Cafeteria,” George Wayland (3543) adds.
“It’s been a real problem for people to get
served and seated, then eat during the half-
hour lunch time.”

Women Leaders’ Day

Also included in the expansion is a large
multi-purpose room seating 65, which is
partitioned from the rest of the room by a
soundproof wall. “This room can be used
for just about anything: private luncheon
meetings, training sessions, retirement
parties. And any Sandia employee can
reserve it. We’ll cater whatever any group
wants,” Dave says.

The physical setting isn’t all that’s
changed. Menu offerings are different, too.
A salad and sandwich bar has been added
along the west wall away from the heavy
traffic.

“You can make a salad from a 22-crock
selection of fresh produce, and, at the new
sandwich bar, you can choose from several
varieties of cold cuts — along with several
breads and fresh rolls,” Dave says.

Both salads and sandwiches will be sold
by the ounce with salads at 15 cents an

A CUT ABOVE — Art Davie (3000) plays Mayor Kinney and cuts the ribbon opening the expansion in the
"861 Cafe.” George Wayland (3543) and ARA Food Services Manager Dave Dumais (right) look on

ounce and sandwiches at 35 cents an ounce.
“To celebrate the grand opening week, the
first ounce is on us,” Dave says.

“In the old Deli Section, we ll have a hot
French dip sandwich carved to order on any
of our special breads and rolls” he con¬
tinues. “And for the soup lovers out there,
we’ll have 300 reusable insulated mugs to
give to the first 300 soup customers.

Customers who come in during the grand
opening week between 12:30 and 1 and who

purchase items totaling $2 or more receive
a free ice cream cone.

“And we’ll be counting customers during
the grand opening week” Dave adds. “The
500th, the 1000th, the 1500th, and the 2000th
persons to come through the doors will win
five full lunches of $3.50 for themselves and
a friend. That’s 10 free lunches in all!

“Come by and enjoy the spacious new
‘861 Cafe’ and be guaranteed a seat with
time to eat at your leisure."

Encouraged

Regina Hunter (6431), Sharon Fletcher
(2811), and Linda Branstetter (1524) gave
presentations about the technical programs
they’re contributing to.

Kathleen Church, assistant principal at
Sandia High School, was particularly im¬
pressed with the three women’s presenta¬
tions: “Girls somehow seem to get turned
off with science and math somewhere along
the line. Maybe it’s a lack of good role mod¬
els. If they could see these attractive, artic¬
ulate young women, maybe they’d be more
encouraged to seek careers in science and
technology.

“I thought the whole program was intel¬
ligently done,” she continues. “It was not
patronizing.”

Coleen Ferguson, a math teacher at
Highland High School, was also impressed
with the day’s program: “I'm going to be
more conscientious about encouraging girls
to get into upper level math and science
courses—there are high-paying jobs out
there for them.”

A talk by Tom Cook (20) about Sandia’s
future directions highlighted the final activ¬
ity, a luncheon at the Coronado Club.

Technical Careers for Women

EMPHASIZING THE INCREASING CHALLENGES
ahead in technical fields, Tom Cook (20) noted
that the ability to meet those challenges has noth¬
ing to do with gender.

The Women’s Program Committee re¬
cently hosted more than 80 women educa¬
tors and civic leaders at Women Leaders’
Day. Those attending were mainly women
high school science and math teachers,
counselors, and principals, as well as uni¬
versity educators and civic leaders from
city and state.

“We’re trying to widen our effort to con¬
tribute to a better environment for women
to make well-informed career choices,"
says Margaret Harvey (3511), women’s pro¬
gram coordinator. “We also want to in¬
crease our effort to help science and math
teachers guide young women into careers in
science and technology.”

Margaret coordinated the day’s pro¬
gram during which guests were provided
with an overview of Sandia by several
speakers. Everet Beckner’s (6000) presen¬
tation dealt with the kinds of people who
work at Sandia and what they do. Herb Pitts
(3530) and Jake DeVargas (3510) discussed
Sandia’s efforts and successes recruiting
qualified women for staff positions and for
non-traditional employment in the graded
ranks.

GORDON PIKE (1815),
BILLIE STARCEVICH
(152-2), and STEVE
WEISSMAN (1624)

Supervisory Appointments

GORDON PIKE to supervisor of Elec¬
tronic Property Materials Division 1815, ef¬
fective May 1.

Since joining the Labs in June 1969, Gor¬
don has worked in essentially the same
group that he now supervises.

He received his BS in physics from Car-
negie-Mellon University and his PhD in
solid state physics from the University of
Pittsburgh. He is a member of the Ameri¬
can Physical Society, the American Ceram¬
ic Society, and vice president and president¬
elect of the Materials Research Society.
Gordon enjoys bicycling and mountaineer¬
ing. He and his wife Gwenlynne have one
son. They live in NE Albuquerque.

BILLIE STARCEVICH to supervisor of
Travel, Relocation and Savings Plan Sec¬
tion 152-2, effective April 16.

Billie joined Sandia in 1958 as a control
clerk in a computer organization. She then
worked for many years in cost accounting
until 1977 when she became the travel and
relocation coordinator in Employee Ac¬
counting Division 1952, a position she’s held
until her present promotion to supervisor of
a newly created section.

She enjoys china painting and playing
bridge. Billie lives in NE Albuquerque.

STEVE WEISSMAN to supervisor of
Embedded Computer Research Division
1624, effective May 1.

Since joining the Labs in July 1976, Steve
has worked in Security Systems Integration
Division 5263, designing communications
and computer systems to display security
and safeguards information.

He received his BS in EE from Cornell
University and his MS and PhD, also in EE,
from the University of Illinois (Cham¬
paign). Steve enjoys tennis, traveling, and
cooking. He and his wife Suzanne (1821) live
in the NE heights.

LEE BERTRAM (2646)

LEE BERTRAM (DMTS) to supervisor
of Applied Mathematics Division 2646, ef¬
fective May 16.

Lee joined Sandia in June 1974 and has
worked the entire time with his present divi¬
sion.

He received his BS and MS in aeronauti¬
cal engineering from Purdue and his PhD in
mechanics from the Illinois Institute of
Technology. He taught mechanics at Iowa
State University for six and a half years be¬
fore coming to Sandia. Lee is a member of
ASME, American Meteorological Society,
Society of Industrial and Applied Mathe¬
matics, American Society of Engineering
Education, American Association for the
Advancement of Science, Society for Natu¬
ral Philosophy, American Physical Society,
and the American Society for Metals. He’s a
private pilot and also enjoys hiking, skiing,
chess, and restoring old cars. He’s also a
participant in several language groups at
the Labs. Lee has two daughters. He lives in
the NE heights.

Congratulations

Doug Hodge (2858) and Cheryl Rennert,
married in Illinois, May 18.

Pamela Johnson (7223) and Frank
Ciccarello, married April 21.

Diana (5164) and Christopher (7483)

Kureczko, a son, Maxx Christopher, May
20.

Mike Spencer (322) and Brenda Lee,
married in Albuquerque, May 25.

Pam (1601) and A1 Goldberger, a son,
John Christian, May 18.

Here are some current volunteer
opportunities for employees,
retirees, and family members. If
you would like more information,
call Karen Shane (4-3268).

UNM MENTAL HEALTH
CENTER needs a volunteer with
gardening expertise to develop an
atrium in the visitor center. Garden¬
ing knowledge and creativity, rather
than maintenance, is the emphasis
in this ongoing project.

YWCA sponsors PAN (Providers
Allied for Nutrition), a program to
ensure through monetary reim¬
bursement to licensed family day
care providers that children in home
day care settings are being served
nutritious meals. An auditor is
needed to develop a system for
processing claims for PAN.

VOLUNTEERS FOR THE OUT¬
DOORS is co-sponsoring (with the
U.S. Forest Service) the Volunteer
Wilderness Host Program in the
Pecos Ranger District. VFO is seek¬
ing volunteers to spend four to six
weeks backpacking in the Pecos
Wilderness in order to educate
hikers in the wise use of the forest.
Hosts must be at least 18 years old.
Work week is 5 days; $10 per diem.

ALBUQUERQUE VISITING
NURSING SERVICE, a United Way
agency, is looking for hospice volun¬
teers. Orientation and training in
support, counseling, and care to
hospice patients are provided.

CHRISTINA KENT DAY
NURSERY provides an accredited
preschool program to children of
income-eligible (primarily single)
parents. The nursery needs volun¬
teers to build toys at home, to do a
carpentry activity with the children,
and to play a musical instrument
and sing with the children.

ALBUQUERQUE SHELTER
FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIO¬
LENCE is seeking a female residen¬
tial advisor to work the 5 p.m. to
midnight shift on Tuesdays, Thurs¬
days, and Fridays. Two advisors are
on duty at all times. Training will be
provided for this position, which
pays $5/hour.

Welcome

Albuquerque

Walter Gutierrez (1634)
Dominic Montoya (2311)
Illinois

Dahmin Chu (2115)
Massachusetts

Andrew Bennett (2541)
Pennsylvania

Robert Richards (6310)

Q. Several Sandians are interested in
serving as an advisor for one week for
student companies during Business Aware¬
ness Week. However, there is no policy
whereby Sandians could get some special
leave to contribute this service to the
community. Is there any way other than
vacation to enable Sandians to contribute to
this program ?

A. Your desire to volunteer your
services as an advisor to the Business
Awareness Week program is understand¬
able and appreciated. This is but one of
many programs that Sandia as a company
would like to support more fully. In this
case, Sandia is supporting a high school
student to attend the week-long program at
NMSU in Las Cruces. The number and
variety of worthwhile community activities
is such that Sandia, like other companies, is
forced to limit its direct participation.
Sandia has chosen to support broad-based,
multipurpose social agencies like the
United Way plus a few others that can be
justified on the basis of our primary mission
as a research and development laboratory.
In addition, we have initiated the Volun¬
teers In Action (VIA) program to assist and
encourage employees wishing to contribute
in a more personal way to programs of their
choice. Employees wishing to participate in
the Business Awareness Week program
may do so by using vacation or flextime.
For more information on this program or
other VIA programs, contact Organization
3163.

P.M. Stanford-100

Q. Why does ARA Food Services require
a $5 “container deposit’’ when supplying a
catered lunch for a Sandia organization? It
creates a real hassle — not to mention a
great waste of time and transportation
money. The person putting up the deposit
must be transported back to the cafeteria
along with the trays, coffee urns, etc., after
lunch to claim the deposit; then he/she
must be transported back to the work place.

Events Calendar

June 8-29—“A Celebration of Watercolor,”
NM Watercolor Society spring/summer
open show, reception June 8, 2-4 p.m., Al¬
buquerque Public Library, Fifth & Cop¬
per NW.

June 9— Movietime at the KiMo—Movies by
Great Directors: “The Nutty Professor,”
Jerry Lewis (1963), 7 p.m.

June 12-12— Master Gardener Plant Clinic,
9:30 a.m. - 8 p.m., Room A, Albuquerque
Garden Center.

June 14-*16, 21-*23, 28-29—“ Gypsy,” Albu¬
querque Civic Light Opera Assoc., 8:15
p.m., *2:15 p.m., Popejoy, 345-6577.

June 20-23— British American Theatre In¬
stitute presents “Sea Marks,” 8 p.m., 2
p.m. on 23rd, Albuquerque Little Theatre.
June 21— NM Symphony Orchestra and the
Dukes of Dixieland, last concert of “The
NMSO Goes Pops—American Style,”
8:15 p.m., Kiva Auditorium, 842-8565.

fe-i* fftback

How about eliminating the deposit require¬
ment? Obviously, the ARA people have the
name, organization number, and phone
number of the person responsible for the
returnable equipment. So no employee in
his/her right mind is going to skip out with
ARA’s coffee pots, etc., if he/she wants to
remain employed at SNLA!

A. Before 1979, a deposit was not re¬
quired for coffee containers. Because many
employees were not returning the coffee
containers within a reasonable period of
time (even with follow-up calls from ARA),
there were none available to other
employees for scheduled lunches or meet¬
ings. During 1979, the Food Committee
directed ARA to require a $5 container
deposit for coffee containers. It worked;
since that time, employees have been re¬
turning the coffee containers and other
items promptly so they are available for
other employees’ use the next day.

J.R. Garcia -3500

Q. The question asked about high prices
in the Sandia cafeteria should also be asked
of the snack bar in Bldg. 800. For example,
a 6 oz. can of V-8 juice costs 60c each, when
they can be bought at a local grocery store
for 21C each. Even Circle K doesn't charge
60c a can. A postage stamp costs 27c and can
Cokes are 58c. We understand that a profit
has to be made, but this is beyond reason.

A. The Randolph-Sheperd Act states
that all food service on a federal facility
must be operated by the blind. The Snack
Bar in Bldg. 800 is regulated by the State of
New Mexico Division of Vocational
Rehabilitation (DVR). The prices are set by
the independent operator of the facility
using the wholesaler’s recommended
margin of profit over the wholesale cost.
DVR requires that the Snack Bar be
competitive with the surrounding
community’s manned facilities (e.g. Circle
K, etc.).

You mention a 6 oz. can of V-8 juice, a
can of Coke, and a stamp. The Snack Bar’s
price for the first two items is $.58, which
includes tax. Circle K’s price is $.31 for V-8
and $.55 for Coke but does not include tax. A
stamp may be purchased out of a machine
for $.25. The Snack Bar’s price is $.27.

The wide difference in price for the V-8
juice was brought to the attention of the
DVR. They contacted the Snack Bar. The
result is that the price of V-8 juice will be
lowered. In the future, all prices will be
reviewed on a regular basis instead of
relying sojely on the wholesaler’s
recommendation.

J.R. Garcia - 3500

Q. I have a reserved parking place and
occasionally need to use my car during the
day. Invariably, upon my return, somebody
else is in this “reserved” place. If the of¬
fender is a Sandia employee, the matter is
easily taken care of. As often as not,
however, the offender is not an employee
(no Sandia decal) but a visitor. There is
therefore no way to identify the owner of the

vehicle. Once I was able to track down a
visitor in the 800 lobby because the car had
a temporary license that gave the name of
the business owning it. His excuse was that
if the space was not occupied at 10 a.m., he
assumed it was not needed all day.

Would it be possible to erect signs cau¬
tioning visitors (and others) not to park in
reserved spaces?

A. The situation you describe is
frustrating. To alleviate it, we have asked
that a column for vehicle license numbers
be listed in the Visitor Register in the lobby
of Bldg. 800 and in the Badge Office for of¬
ficial visitors. We have also posted a sign in
the Badge Office that clearly designates
Visitor Parking. In addition to these
changes, I would suggest you call Security
and give them the license number, and they
will track the offender for you.

C.L. Brumfield — 3400

Q. In the same mail delivery that
brought me the new Code of Conduct
booklet, I received a plea for money from a
political party; the latter was addressed to
me at my correct division number, though
no mention of SNL appeared in the address
— the only identifying info, other than my
name and division number, was: P.O. Box
5800, Albuquerque 87185.

I have two questions:

1) How did the political party get my
division number, if not from someone at
Sandia (or some organization)?

2) Can’t the Mail Room automatically toss
anything that is obviously political "junk
mail ”? We all get enough of that at home
— and it’s clearly in violation of the Code
of Conduct.

A. In answer to your first question, "We
don’t know.”

The Sandia policy on release of mailing
lists of employees is clear and unequivocal:
such action is prohibited and always has
been. We have heard that mailing lists of
Sandia employees may be purchased from
direct mail advertising firms in
Albuquerque, but no information is
available as to how those lists were
compiled.

Sandia is keenly aware of its
responsibility to protect the privacy of
employee information and takes all
reasonable steps to do so. Even outdated
records and personnel tab runs are disposed
of as sensitive information, to avoid
inadvertent disclosure.

Employees known to be giving out
information about the names and
organization numbers of other employees,
and employees encouraging the distribution
of political material within the Labs are
subject to discipline.

In answer to your second question, we
cannot attempt to be the censor of mail by
trying to select that which is useful and that
which should be thrown away. We can only
encourage an employee who is receiving
unwanted mail to ask the sender to remove
his or her name from the mailing list.

H.M. Willis - 3100

Colloquium Report

Tracking
Mexican
Hot Rods

It has been slightly over a year since a
truck carrying reinforcing steel bars
(rebars) triggered an unmanned radiation
detector at the exit from the Los Alamos
Meson Physics Facility. Thomas Buhl, a
health physicist at LANL who headed the
Radiation Protection Office of New Mex¬
ico’s Environmental Improvement Division
at the time, recently offered an update on
how the emergency was handled and its
current status.

A brief review of the incident: The truck,
which had made a wrong turn into the
Meson Physics Facility, was carrying
rebars contaminated with cobalt-60. The
source was traced to a junkyard in Ciudad
Juarez, Mexico, which had bought an un¬
used radiotherapy machine mistakenly
taken from a hospital storage room by a
scrap dealer. Some of the machine’s parts,
including the cylinder containing thousands
of tiny pellets of the radioactive isotope
cobalt-60, were sold to foundries in Juarez
and the city of Chihuahua, 250 miles to the
south. Here they were recycled into table
legs and rebars. Up to 3000 people in both
cities were exposed to radiation, and 150 re¬
quired hospital treatment. A few, mostly
the Juarez workers who handled the
cylinder, received a dose of 300-450 rems,
enough to cause radiation sickness. A joint
U.S.-Mexican epidemiological group will
monitor most of the affected people to
record any unusually high rates of cancer
and other ailments that may be related to
the radiation exposure.

Buhl reviewed the efforts by both the
U.S. government and the state of New Mex¬
ico to locate all the radioactive rebars,
some of which had already been installed in
the foundations of new houses in Farm¬
ington and Bloomfield. However, the search
was not restricted to New Mexico; within
weeks of the rebars’ leaving the Mexican
foundries, shipments had been delivered
over most of the United States. (“I was very
impressed by the speed and efficiency of
our commercial system,” says Buhl.) State
and federal agencies mounted a nationwide
search for the consumer materials, and all
contaminated materials found in the United
States were returned to Mexico for disposal.
At the request of Mexican authorities, DOE
conducted an aerial survey of Juarez,
Chihuahua, and the highway between the
two cities to locate radioactive pellets that
had been scattered during transport. The
heaviest concentrtion was in Juarez; most
were located and disposed of (some of the
pellets, which are smaller than sunflower
seeds, had been embedded into the
pavement).

Mexican federal authorities have chosen
a site about 50 kilometers south of Juarez to
dump several hundred tons of the con¬
taminated steel. However, city officials in
Juarez are objecting to the site because it is
right in the path of the city’s future expan¬
sion. And farmers in the area complain that
the steel would poison their scarce
underground water supplies ( New Scientist,

Take Note

The South 14 Bookstand - I approached
Memoirs of Marian Russell Along the Santa
Fe Trail (UNM Press) anticipating more of
the gingham and the quaint. Quaint it’s not
and I must have missed the gingham be¬
tween episodes of frontier brutality, killing,
and just plain hard times. This Marian
Russell came by covered wagon to New
Mexico in the 1850s when she was five or so,
grew up in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, and Fort
Union, married and ultimately settled on a
ranch in southern Colorado. She saw it all —
the incessant Indian warfare, the transfor¬
mation of New Mexico following its cession
to the United States, the polyglot cast of col¬
orful characters, the advent of the railroad,
and the state’s entry into the 20th century.
Before she died in 1936 at age 92, she had the
wit and energy to dictate these memoirs,
and she has given us a gritty and compel¬
ling story, incidentally revealing the steel
that lay beneath her surface. A remarkable
woman. In paperback, the book runs $7.95
and is available at the LAB NEWS office in
Bldg. 814. • js

The NM Symphony Orchestra, Conduc¬
tor Roger Melone, and the Watermelon
Mountain Jug Band team up for an evening
of song and refreshment in the Symphony’s
annual June Jamboree, “Music Under the
Stars,” an outdoor concert and buffet on the
First Plaza, downtown Albuquerque, June
8. Food service starts at 6:30 p.m. and the
concert begins at 8:15 p.m. To reserve
tickets — from $19 per person at stage-side
tables; $13 per person at the banquet
tables; and $5 and $9 for general admission
— with MasterCard or Visa, call the Sym¬
phony Box Office, 842-8565.

The LAB NEWS welcomes three sum¬
mer staffers. Sharon Ball, chairman of the
English department at Valley High School,
is spending her second summer writing
feature articles. Kristen Kanuika, who will
begin her sophomore year at NM Tech next
fall, is also working for a second summer.
She divides her time between the LAB
NEWS and 3161. Scott Sanders, assistant
professor of English at UNM, is a new¬
comer to Sandia. He is director of the pro¬
fessional writing program in the university

13 Dec. 1984, p. 7). However, Buhl reports
that some or all of the steel might be used in
the containment structure for the Laguna
Verde nuclear reactor under construction
near Mexico City.

How to prevent such incidents in the
future? “It’s just something one has to be
vigilant against,” says Buhl. “This was at
least the second time such an incident had
occured. Two years ago, cobalt-60 found its
way into a foundry in Auburn, N.Y. For¬
tunately, that radioactive steel was
detected before being shipped.”

Buhl says the U.S. Customs Service has
now equipped all 21 crosspoints to Mexico
with radiation detectors with permanent
monitors at the five major sites. A program
has also begun to monitor highways in the
U.S. No contamination has been detected
since the Mexican rebar incident.

English department and is writing techni¬
cal articles.

Mark Hedemann (1232) recently won a
contest conducted within the Pulsed Power
Sciences Directorate 1200 to give PBFA I a
new name. The experimental accelerator is
currently a fusion research test-bed facility,
used for proving hardware, components,
and operations procedures to be used on
PBFA II, the machine that Sandia expects
will achieve laboratory fusion. In January
1986, work will begin to convert PBFA I into
the world’s largest laboratory X-ray
source. Design work is well underway for
this conversion, and herein lies the need for
a new name.

The troops in 1200 involved in the project
were calling the new X-ray accelerator
PBFA X, which sounds pretty good but is
not quite valid — PBFA stands for Particle
Beam Fusion Accelerator. The role of the
new machine will not be fusion research but
radiation effects research and weapon com¬
ponent hardening testing. It will be a major
tool in Sandia’s Simulation Technology pro¬
gram that supports the weapons program
and Stategic Defense Initiative work.

All of the 1200 people were asked to sub¬
mit suggestions for a new name. The winner
is “Saturn,” which suggests the multiple
concentric rings in the diode of the new
machine — rings reminiscent of those of the
planet Saturn. Saturn, when the conversion
is complete in December of 1986, will pro¬
vide 25 terawatts of power and deliver an X-
ray dose rate of 5xl0 12 (five trillion) rads
(Si) per second.

The American Society of Civil Engineers
and the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers are holding a joint mechanics
conference June 24-26 at UNM. More than
400 papers will be presented at the confer¬
ence on technical topics in applied mechan¬
ics, engineering mechanics, biomechanics,
and fluids engineering.

Sandia, Los Alamos, and UNM are spon¬
soring the event. Fred Norwood (1533) is co-
chairman. For registration information,
call 844-6308.

You don’t see many "Danger” signs on
ponderosa pines (the ones with the long
needles), but they are not without hazard.
Retiree John Shunny was walking through
the ponderosas next to his driveway when
he felt a stinging sensation in his right eye
— a pine needle had penetrated the lens.
After three visits to the ophthalmologist, an
eye patch, and some antibiotics, the eye has
recovered. According to the doctor, the
principal danger from encounters with
plant growth is fungal infection, which can
lead to loss of the eye. John reports that the
episode provided less than maximum enjoy¬
ment, suggests a careful approach to pon¬
derosas.

Sympathy

To Peggy Montoya (7240) on the recent
death of her father-in-law.

The rain didn’t arrive until the picnic
was officially over. Some 1500 Sandia re¬
tirees attended. And a great time was had
by all.

Sponsored by the Benefits Department,
hosted by Small Staff, and catered by the
Coronado Club, the occasion gave the
retirees a chance to talk over old times and
plan some new ones. Entertainment
featured the Bob Banks (3531) Trio and
strolling troubadour Mike Michnovicz

MILEPOSTS

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Favorite
Old Photo

This photo from the family album was made in
1898 in front of my grandfather's house in Pauls
Valley, Oklahoma, only it was called Indian Ter¬
ritory, Chickasaw Nation, in those days. My grand¬
father owned the C O D. Steam Laundry (you had
to pay before you could get it) and that's his driver
John Cathey in the delivery rig. The horse’s name
is Sam. Grandfather operated the laundry in Pauls
Valley until 1920. My father operated a laundry in
Salina, Kans., until 1970 when he retired. —
Ken Morgan (2361)

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weak of publication unless changad

by holiday. Mail to: Div. 3162.

Ad Rules

1. Limit 20 words, including last
name and home phone.

2. Include organization and full name
with each ad submission.

3. Submit each ad in writing. No
phone-ins.

4. Use 8Vi by 11 -inch paper.

5. Use separate sheet for each ad
category.

6. Type or print ads legibly; use only
accepted abbreviations.

7. One ad per issue per category.

8. No more than two insertions of
same ad

9. No "For Rent" ads except for
employees on temporary assign¬
ments.

10. No commercial ads.

11. For active and retired Sandians
and DOE employees only.

12. Housing listed for sale is available
for occupancy without regard to
race, creed, color, or national

MISCELLANEOUS

FREE dog house for large dog. You haul
it away. Finger. 345-6865.

LAWN mower, Craftsman, self-
propelled gear drive, rear bag, 22''
cut. $95: Scott drop spreader. $15.
Bundy, 821-1846.

PLAYPEN, bassinette. $30 each; two
cemetery lots, Sandia Memory
Gardens, price negotiable. Vandi,
255-0685

WASHER, avocado, $60; dryer, white,
$90; towbar. $75 Edwards.
822-1772.

COMPUTER, SI 00 bus, Z-80, 64K
memory. CP/M, two 8" disk drives,
one 5V4" drive. Zenith Z-29 ter¬
minal; software. Dawson.
298-9508

DISHWASHER. Sears portable, butcher
block top, 1 V i year maint. agree¬
ment w/Sears, $120, Barton,
268-7349.

SWIMMING pool filter, high rate sand
type, 1 700 gal/hr. max. 20,000 gal
pool. Navratil, 293-5527.

SAFETY ramps, portable, used twice,
new $22. sell $15. Schkade,

292-5126

SOFA, brown, cream, peach print: 8
large ruffled pillows, floral print;
ruffled valance on bottom. $275
Stewart. 298-4955.

SMALL Terrier, cairn/silky, free to good
home, house broken, watch dog.
Littlejohn. 823-2456.

SOFA, $100; chairs. $35 each.
Mcllroy, 299-4977

GUN. .22 Marlin model 39m, lever ac¬
tion, straight stock. $165. Payne,
292-7037

RUBBER rafts, oars and life vests; par¬
tially stripped dressers; Curtis
Mathes color TV. Morrison,
298-0347.

CAMERA, Kodak 920, instant photos,
new $20, sell $12. Shunny,
265-1620

CANOE, 15' fiberglass w/2 oars, life

jacket, $225. Chirigos, 884-5686

CANVAS trailer awning. $60; 6' trailer
axle, $90. Ross, 296-9794.

100 children's books (grade school
age). .25 to $1.25; climbing dome.
$15; picnic table and benches,
$20. Scrivner, 299-0356.

NIKKOR 24mm/2.8 Al, $190; Sigma
300mm/4.5 APO, $225. Passman,
821-4999.

SEARS, refrigerated air conditioner,
8500 BTU, $150. DePew,
255-3231.

12X14 shag carpeting, rust color, $20.
Resnick, 292-3825.

STEREO AM/FM radio, cassette re-
corder/player. turntable, speakers,
Soundesign brand, 3 yrs. old. $90.
Holmes. 292-0898

TV HEATHKIT 23'', G R-295 dual
speakers, Mediterranean cabinet,
needs adjustments, $75. Hopkins,
255-8902.

FREEZER, 22 cu. ft., upright. $125.
Davidson, 294-6128.

CABOVER camper, sleeps 4, stove,
oven, refrig., toilet, jacks, $1200
OBO Shea. 897-1683

SOFA, 6Vi ft., oak frame, new
upholstery, $225 or make offer.
Freyermuth, 299-2053.

WEDDING ring, cubic zirconia, gold set¬
ting, $250 new, asking $135. San¬
chez, 821-6391.

PORT-A-CRIB, $70. Osborne, after 5,
296-0433.

DRAFTING table, solid wood construc¬
tion, 31 "x42" adjustable angle top,
41" high, $70 OBO. Russick,
884-7938.

RADIO Shack tube tester, doesn't work,
$5; 10-pane exterior door,
36"x79", $25. Barnette, after 6,
292-5186.

GARAGE sale. Dungeon Dragon
games, baby furniture; clothes;
swing frame; child's lamp, jeans;
Texas Instrument calculator. Self,
296-4137.

KITTENS, free to good home. Weber,
821-2297.

CAMERA outfit: Miranda 35mm single
lens reflex w/6 lenses, $100. Miller.
255-7716.

NIKONOS IVA 35mm underwater
camera w/SBlOl auto, flash unit,
$495 Shamblin, 293-2568.

STORM DOORS, for dbl door entry¬
way. Sears, white, new $400, sell
$150. Greenwood. 298-5268.

WESTERN or colonial style overhead
fixture. 3 chimney lights, wood &
brass. $20 Burstein, 821-6688.

LAWN MOWER, Sears Craftsman 20".
rotary, $75; roof bicycle rack for 2
bicycles, $25. Owyoung,
294-1884.

CAMPER. 8' cabover, stove, ice box.
heater, new curtains, water tanks.
LP tank, $795. Tapp, 821-3843.
892-8971.

NIKON motor MD-11. fits FM, FM2, FE,
FE2, FA, $65. Trucano, 298-2623.

TV Heathkit, GR-269, 18" color, solid
state, 9 plug-in boards, complete
set of manuals, $50 OBO. Pierce,
299-2801.

SOFA bed, $150; boy s & girl's 20"
bikes, $25 each; charcoal grill &

cart, $20 Eckekneyer. 296-2148.

ELECTRONIC parts, boxes of resistors,
pots, capacitors, transformers, de¬
flection meters, terminal boards,
etc., best offer. Jenkins, 822-8885
after 5.

BAR-B-Q grill, covered, $15. Nichols,
296-8259

LAWN MOWERS, push type. Sears,
w/catchers, $40 & $80. Scheiber,

298- 0904.

WATCH BAND, man's silver & tur¬
quoise, never used. $75 OMO.
Hughes, 299-6674.

NECKLACE, squash blossom, $300;
grandfather clock, walnut, triple
chime selection. 78" high, $500.
Baczek. 255-3429.

CLOTHES dryer, Ig. capacity, end-of-
cycle signal, uses propane or natural
gas. $65. Roehrig. 281-2695.

TEAC reel-to-reel tape decks, auto¬
reverse, A1500W, $90: A4010-S.
$120; Harman-Kardon AM-FM re¬
ceiver, model 330A, $35. Guilford.
255-6294.

GOLD shag carpeting, two Ig. pieces for
total of 50 yds., $25. Filusch,

299- 5932.

SOFA, earth tones, $195: Ig macrame
dbl. hanger (plant and table), $35;
assorted picture frames. Arnold,
822-1307, 296-1669.

EVINRUDE outboard motor. 5 hp
angler, gas line & 6-gal. tank in¬
cluded, $225. Oberkampf,
292-4366.

5-YR-OLD black gelding quarter/ap-
paloosa. trained, some dressage.
$1K: youth English saddle. $90
Gruer, 296-8163

TENT-TRAILER, '85 Palomino P3. used
once, sleeps 6. ice box, stove, awn¬
ing, $2900 OBO. Moore,
266-8135 after 4

SEARS car top carrier, $40; Rolleiflex
"T ' camera. $100; Winco
3000-watt generator, $400. Grav-
ning, 865-5581
TRANSPORTATION

'68 BAJA bug, blue, roll cage, star rims,
roll bumpers, new clutch, rebuilt
carb. $2500 firm. Powell, after 5,
877-4939.

’75 CHEVY 4wd pickup, AM/FM
cassette, AT. locking hubs, big tires,
custom rims, roll bar. list kit, 50 gal.
gas tank. Garcia. 299-7283.

RALEIGH grand prix 25". new tires,
tubes, alloy rims, spokes, hubs, free
wheel & saddle, $150 OBO Geist.
298-3558.

'79 FORD Fairmont, 4 doors, auto, air,
6-cyl . less than 27K miles
Dawson. 298-9508.

'76 HONDA CB200T, electric start,
new battery, new rear tire, luggage
rack. 9500 miles, $270. Heffel-
finger, 268-2261.

'78 FORD F-150, camper shell, dual
tanks. AM/FM cassette, new tires,
low mileage, 3 speed, 6-cyl.,
$3000. Chirigos, 884-5686.

'80 HONDA station wagon. 5 speed.
AC. AM/FM, 52K miles, $2900
Ross, 296-9794.

'83 KOMFORT 40' travel trailer, tip-out.
dual AC, WD hook-up. storm win¬
dows, Levelor blinds, rollout awning.
Daut, 255-2529.

’64 MUSTANG, AT. PB. PS. AC Macln-

nis, 898-1628.

’75 OLDS Starfire. V6 engine, 60K
miles, AT. AM/FM, AC hatchback.
$1200. Molecke, 296-5850.

'76 FORD Pinto, R&H, PS, PB, hatch,
$900 OBO. Cooper. 298-3898.

'81 YAMAHA XS400. 2750 miles,
$850. Braithwaite. 822-1998.

77 VW Rabbit, 4-door. AT, $1600.
Marder, 883-3863.

’85 ISUZU pickup, side view mirrors,
under warranty, 2500 miles,
$5600. Raisen. 298-9344.

73 PINTO wagon, needs work, $100
OBO. Foty. 268-0412.

79 YAMAHA XS1100 shaft, fairing,
new tires, 25K miles, one owner,
$1595. Kimberling, 281-1932.

74 ELDORADO mini motorhome. 20
ft.. sleeps 6. roof cooler, dash air,
stereo, Dodge chassis, 360 V8,
44 K miles, $8900. Walter.
298-0471.

'84 HARLEY Davidson XLH 1000, low
miles, $4200. Vargas, after 6,
242-7097.

GUERCIOTTI frameset, 61cm.. in¬
cluding Campy headset, Dura-Ace
shifters & bottom bracket, Cyclone
front derailleur. SR seatpost, silica
pump. Loucks, 281-9608.

SAILBOAT. Sunfish 14' w/trailer, fiber¬
glass hull, aluminum mast, $950.
Shea, 897-1683.

79 FORD Mustang Ghia, 34K miles,
one owner, loaded, $4100 firm.
Pabst. 884-5418.

73 PONTIAC Catalina, one owner, new
interior, hood, tires. & battery; 4-dr.,
PS, PB. AC. $850. Tapp.
821-3843, 892-8971.

75 DODGE Dart, AT. PS. AC. 2-dr..
80K miles, one owner. $1200
OBO. Shirley. 821-0480.

76 VW Rabbit deluxe. 2-dr . 4-cyl..
orig. owner, $1600. Barker,
294-0254.

71 VW Beetle, rebuilt engine, stereo,
$1800 OBO. Mora, 821-6759.

'57 CHEVY 4-dr wgn. Model 210,
6-cyl. Pierce, 299-2801.

79 CHEVROLET Impala, AT. PS, PB,
AC, 2 new radials. $2800. Oleck-
siew, 345-5012.

'83 YAMAHA IT 175 dirt bike. $975.
Weber. 293-7522.

'81 RELIANT stn. wgn.. 4-spd , one
owner, $3150 or offer. Moore,
296-6586.

69 TOYOTA coupe, new front tires,
$100 OBO. Schneider, 299-6243

'83 SUZUKI RM-250-MX. water
cooled, low miles, w/Bell Moto 3
helmet, Esprit boots, size 8. kidney
belt, gloves, goggles, $1900
Coalson, 298-0061

76 JEEP Cherokee 4-wd, green/black.
V8, 77,600 miles, $3300. Carlyon,
268-4437

'81 SUZUKI 650GL, 10K miles, wind¬
shield, luggage rack w ad), back¬
rest, case guards. $1600. Shields.
281-2858.

77 JIMMY (Blazer) 4x4 auto., lockouts,
air, stereo, cruise, new tires &
chrome spokes, $4100. Aragon,
881-4795.

'67 FORD Galaxy 500 2-dr., HTP, AT,
PS, yellow, one owner, 86K miles,

best offer Auerbach, 296-1489

REAL ESTATE

CABIN, 3% acres, El Vado overlooking
the lake. 2 bdrm., full bath, fp in den,
14'x30' garage, generator, water-
pump, butane tank, $35,500. Rael,
884-4778

FIVE acres, 12 miles south of 1-40 on
NM 14, wooded, proven water,
adjacent power, $25,500. Meikle,
299-4640

MOUNTAIN land, 10 acres. Cedar
Crest area, adjacent to Sky Top sub¬
division & city park, $58,000,
terms. Kinney. 298-5281.

CUSTOM home, extreme foothills area,
one year old, reduced for quick sale,
energy saving upgrade. Gallegos.

293- 2408.

SANTA FE condo, north hill, 2 bdrm. 2
bath, sunset views, private court¬
yard, inner atrium, end unit, fully fur¬
nished. $175K. Barr. 821-5870.

CUSTOM, corner, N.E. great room, 4
bdrm, hobby room. Mansure,
821-4898.

10.5 ACRES, wooded, 3 mi. east of
217 on Juan Tomas, $24K total,
$1K down, assume $14K @8.5%.
Kimberling, 281-1932.

72 MH, GREENWOOD 14'x64’ w/add-
ed room 8'x20’ 2-bdrm, North Hills
MHP Kaspar, 821-5521.

TWO Sandia Plaza condos, 1-bdr,
$42K; 2-bdr . $49,500; both

assumable 8% NMFA + 2nd, all ap¬
pliances, pool, landscaping. Garcia,

294- 7354, 296-1038

TOWNHOUSE/Denver, 3-bdr.. 2 V*

bath, 1344 sq. ft., fp. gar.. FHA
assumable loan, sell or trade for
local property Sherlin, 299-1005.

LOS LUNAS. V, acre, custom house
area, view, solar site. Cook,
869-6921.

JEMEZ Mtn land, 5'/a acres, electricity,
natural gas, spring water: ponderosa
pine & meadow, Nat'l Forest sur¬
rounding, subdividable, $48,500.
Hughes. 299-6674

CONDO, SE. 1-bdr.. $28K, pool, hot
tub, security, laundry, pest control,
parking, assumable 11.8% fixed
w/$2K down/REC Mattson.
842-1453.

WANTED

FOOD dehydrator in working order.
Kelly, 293-2475.

LICENSED mason or contractor to build
retaining wall in Cedar Crest area
Miller. 281-3655

HOUSING, faculty sabbatical needs fur¬
nished 2-bdrm or larger apartment,
house, or condominium. Aug 15.
1985 to Aug. 15. 1986. non-
smokers. Blackwell, 292-5362

5-GALLON aquarium with air pump.
Locke. 299-1873.

WORK WANTED

LAWN mowing, trimming, pruning, haul¬
ing, some landscaping — railroad
ties, gravel, sod. etc. Paul Holt,
294-6928.

LOST & FOUND

FOUND: SILVER bracelet on ground
just outside Eubank Gate Moore.
4-2464.

LOST: LADIES Seiko quartz watch, by
C. Club on 5/29. Reward. Radtke.
883-1657. 4-7875.

Coronado Club Activities

Isleta Poor
Boys Play
Tonight

INTRODUCING THE PORTABLE SPA are lifeguard Tanya Payne, head lifeguard Carol Plugge, and Coronado
Club recreation director Stan Ford. The spa has both jet and bubble action and a maximum water temperature
of 104°. It is located in a shady spot in the patio, seats seven people comfortably, and is open to all adults
with a pool-patio ticket.

TONIGHT, the Isleta Poor Boys return
to the Coronado Club ballroom to make
country western music for dancing from
8:30 until midnight. The dining room offers
two-for-one prime rib or fried shrimp for
$12.95.

THE THUNDERBIRDS retiree group
has scheduled a meeting of the general
membership on Monday, June 10, at 2 p.m.
in the ballroom. The card-playing Thunder-
birds are taking the summer off, will meet
again on Sept. 16. All Thunderbirds are in¬
vited to a camp-out at Bluewater Lake on
June 18-19. Enter at Thoreau turnoff, and
bring a potluck dish.

ON FRIDAY, June 14, Enchantment is
on the bandstand; two-for-one filet mignon
or fried shrimp is the dining room special at
$12.95

FATHER’S DAY, June 16, will be
celebrated at the Club with an old-fashioned
barbeque cookout on the patio starting at
noon. There’ll be a big spread of barbequed
beef and chicken, an assortment of salads
and fruit, baked beans, vegetables, and
other goodies for $5.50 adults, $3 for kids. A
grilled-to-order New York steak will be
available for $6.95. A western band will play
for dancing from 2 to 6. Or bring the suit and
swim in the twin pools. Draft beer for 50
cents will also be available. All this ought to

take care of the old man on his day. Reser¬
vations are not required, but would help in
the planning for the event. Call 265-6791.

TEENAGERS, sons and daughters of
members, have a special night at the Club
on Wednesday, June 19, outside in the pool
and patio area starting at 7:30 p.m. The
snack bar will be open. Dunn’s Dancing
Machine will play recorded music.

SINGLES gather on Thursday, June 20,
for another single mingling evening start¬
ing right after work. Fifty-cent beer and
margaritas will be available along with a
free spread of munchies and goodies.
Dunn’s Dancing Machine provides the
music. You provide the crowd — bring
friends.

A TRAVEL PROGRAM on colorful New
England is scheduled Monday, June 24, in
the ballroom at 7:30 p.m. Charlie Clendenin
(ret.) will host the meeting for Zia Travel.

The Club office has information on up¬
coming Club sponsored trips: Disneyland,
June 23-24, $202; Colorado, June 29,-July 6,
$299; Gallup Ceremonial, Aug. 10, $35;
Hawaii, Sept. 14-20, $510; and Canyon De
Chelly, Oct. 20-21, $90.

SAND SCULPTURE winners at the big
Memorial Weekend Pool Opening party last
month were: “Sphinx” by Alex Saavedra,
Marge Williams, Melissa Thompson, Holly
Bleiver, Kathy Post, and Michelle Bernard

— fourth place; “Big Foot” by Kelly Kristi

— third place; “Alligator” by Bruce Stark,
Jeff Benoist, and Brian Cone — second

place; and (trumpet fanfare) “The Maze”
by Sara and Robert Setchell — first place.
“These and the other seven entries repre¬
sent, without a doubt, the finest sand art
ever at the Coronado Club,” said Charlie
Clendenin, who helped honcho the affair.

THE JULY CALENDAR has a couple of
events that need to be noticed right away so
you can nail down your plans and be there.
The annual Fourth of July Independence
Day celebration is set for (oddly enough)
July 4. This will be the standard Coronado
Club pool and patio extravaganza with fun
and games, a spread of luncheon goodies, a
band concert, and a country western band
for dancing — it adds up to a fine day for
members, kids, and guests. The annual
Luau is set for Saturday, July 6, repeating
the successful formula of years past —
great food and drink, Polynesian entertain¬
ment, and dancing with your shoes off.
Mark your own calendar, call for reserva¬
tions, and be there.

To Be Happy,

Act Happy

"Just the act of flexing facial muscles into
the characteristic expressions of joy or other
emotions [a study found] can produce effects on
the nervous system that normally go with those
emotions. The findings may have implications for the art of act¬
ing. the effectiveness of advertising, the treatment of mental ill¬
ness and understanding of brain functioning, according to Paul
Ekman, a psychologist at U. California at San Francisco.
Ekman, the principal researcher, believes the study does offer
insight into brain function. He thinks it shows that the
mechanics of facial muscle movement are closely tied to the
autonomic nervous system, which controls heart rate, breath¬
ing and other vital involuntary functions. 'It is going to be quite
surprising both to the public and the scientific community.' he
said of the findings."

Harold M. Schmeck Jr. in New York Times